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Hearne, Samuel
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795
- Paper, ink, leather
4to (12 x 9 1/2 in.; 305 x 239 mm). 9 folding engraved maps and plates. Contemporary speckled calf with gilt rules and floral design to boarders, spine with five raised bands, red label in second compartment, others with repeat design in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges speckled; corners bumped with some loss of gilt, minor repair to head of rear joint.
Provenance
Franklin Brooke-Hitching (his sale at Sotheby's London, 30 September 2014, lot 615)
Literature
Sabin 31181; Staton & Tremaine 445
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, a wide-margined copy. Hearne’s explorations finally dispelled all hopes of discovering a north-west passage through North America. However, his sighting of the Arctic ocean at the mouth of the Coppermine River raised the possibility that a route for ships might be found along the northern edge of the continent.